10008: Garvey Park foreshore stabilisation – section 4

Log brush mattressing and wetland planting in progress. Courtesy City of Belmont

Garvey Park is a major riverside reserve that contains
significant areas of remnant foreshore vegetation and extensive
areas that have been revegetated.

The foreshore area is listed as a priority one site for
riverbank and shoreline works and priority two for vegetation
replenishment in the Swan and Canning Rivers Foreshore Assessment
and Management Strategy (Swan River Trust 2008).

With the help of State NRM Program funding, this project will
address erosion issues currently affecting the Garvey Park
foreshore, in a location extending 190 linear metres upstream from
the Coolgardie Living Stream towards the Ascot Kayak Club. This
area consists of a timber retaining wall, foreshore path and
grassed area, with some scattered remnant trees.